Pretend You Don't See Her

Pretend you don't see her.

Pretend that you are busy using your cellphones.

Pretend that you are sleeping.

Pretend, because you, gentlemen, didn't want to give your seats to the ladies

Pretend because you didn't want to feel guilty.

Because you are comfortable.

And because the ladies are, after all, strangers.

Because we are no longer living in the Age of Chivalry.

And because we no longer abide by the rule of "Ladies first"

...But we cannot live in the world of pretensions.

And so, the gentlemen who realized this, suddenly stood up.

And gave their comfortable seats to the ladies.

For which they receive the sweetest smiles,

And thank yous from the ladies

who know how to appreciate a chivalrous deed..

..But some men didn't want to give their seats.

And still continue to pretend!

Oh The Great Pretenders!

*Photograph was candidly shot yesterday inside the MRT train while I was on the way to Makati.